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                            THIS WAY OUT
             the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
             RUNDOWN for Program #985, distributed 02/12/07
       (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
A bisexual triad of comic opera proportions in "Puccini For Beginners";
 "Running" with Augusten Burroughs could cause "Possible Side Effects";
 Profiling pioneering US lawmaker Barbara Jordan in a "Rainbow Minute";
  Colombia's top court codifies shared asset rights of queer couples,
Italy's cabinet settles on a civil unions bill, Aussie feds ACT against
       a territorial partners proposal, and more global GLBT news


Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . .   1:11


SEGMENT #1 -  "NewsWrap": In the first legal recognition of same-gender 
couples in that country, Colombia's highest court rules that they should have the 
same rights to shared assets as heterosexual couples, while Portugal's lesbigay 
couples gain healthcare and immigration rights, and the coalition government 
cabinet of Italian P.M. Romano Prodi finally settles on legislation to 
establish a form of civil unions;  Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock nixes a 
new "Civil Partnerships Bill" even before it's been debated in the Australian 
Capital Territory, and denies previous reports that his government plans to 
offer legislation to limit legal recognition to one parent of queer Australian 
couples who adopt foreign children;  a transgender woman in Nepal has won the 
historic right to show her gender as both male and female in citizenship 
records;  Britain's Football Association bans homophobic taunts by fans during 
matches, while former U.S. National Basketball Association player John Amaechi 
becomes the first pro in his sport to come out as a gay man;  and in what they 
say is the natural extension of court rulings in several states (including 
theirs) that procreation is the reason to keep marriage exclusively heterosexual, 
Washington lesbigay activists circulate ballot initiative petitions that would 
require married heterosexual couples to have children  (written by GREG 
GORDON, with thanks to LUCIA CHAPPELLE, GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL 
KELLEY, and reported this week by JON BEAUPRE and RICK WATTS) [10:20]  +  
Billboard for the "Rainbow Minute" and "Puccini For Beginners" [:12]. . . . . . .  
10:32


SEGMENT #2 -  The DVD of "Running With Scissors," the controversial 
star-studded movie based on his best-selling book, has just been released.  And This 
Way Out literary commentator JANET MASON says that prominent queer author 
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS's new collection of essays, "POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS" [St. Martin's 
Press] add to his reputation as being "horrible" -- though to be fair, she 
admits that she's "horrible," too .   5:34


SEGMENT #3 ­  Trailblazing U.S. lawmaker "BARBARA JORDAN: STATESWOMAAN AND 
ORATOR" is the latest queer-storical figure profiled in the "RAINBOW MINUTE" 
(produced by JUDD PROCTOR and BRIAN BURNS at the studios of WRIR-FM in Richmond, 
Virginia and read by CANDACE GINGRICH) [1:03]  +  "TWO" I.D. by LUCIA CHAPPELLE 
[:36]. . . . . . . . .   1:39


SEGMENT #4 ­  Twelve years after the groundbreaking lesbian teen rommance "The 
Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love," writer/director MARIA 
MAGGENTI tries her hand at a bisexual romantic triangle in "PUCCINI FOR BEGINNERS" 
[Strand Releasing].  This "incredibly true adventure of two girls (and a guy) 
in love," a hit at Sundance and LGBT film festivals around the world in 2006, 
is finally opening at multiplexes in selected North American cities this month. 
 This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE has a preview, and asks Maggenti what took her so 
long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8:01
                         [www.PrideOnScreen.com]


Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1:39


TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28:36
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ANNCR:  NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A BISEXUAL TRIANGLE OF COMIC


OPERA PROPORTIONS FINALLY REACHES MULTIPLEXES IN "PUCCINI FOR


BEGINNERS," TRAILBLAZING U.S. LAWMAKER BARBARA JORDAN IS PROFILED IN A


"RAINBOW MINUTE," AND "RUNNING" WITH AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS COULD LEAD TO


"POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS"... IN THE NEWS, COLOMBIA'S TOP COURT CODIFIES


SHARED ASSET RIGHTS OF GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES, ITALY'S CABINET SETTLES


ON A CIVIL UNIONS BILL, AUSSIE FEDS "ACT" AGAINST A TERRITORIAL


PARTNERS PROPOSAL, AND COMING OUT IS A SLAM-DUNK FOR A U.S. FORMER


PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER.


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